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Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Lives Upstairs

This concert is presented as a Kraft Great Kids Concert

The EYSO is one of the oldest and largest youth orchestra programs in northwest Illinois. Led by Artistic Director Randal Swiggum,and conducted by George Stelluto. The EYSO enrolls 330 students from 63 communities. The EYSO supplements its season concerts with tours, festivals, radio broadcasts, and numerous community activities, annually reaching up to 40,000 additional audience members in Elgin and its surrounding regions.

Noon-1 p.m. “Instrument petting zoo”

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Tickets: $10/Lawn $5

Park opens at 10 a.m.

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